1. Defending the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a human rights framework

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Well done on finishing Chapter 1 : Defending the rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a human rights framework.

You shall be able to:

• Recognise who environmental defenders are, the contexts in which they operate and name the human rights legal frameworks for their protection;
• Identify ways to hold governments and non-state actors accountable for environmental violations, drawing on available frameworks and mechanisms for civil society organisations.

Now that you have all the basics of environmental defense, let’s see how this can apply at the UN and what you can concretely do!